Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:31:09 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP 2.5 TESTERS: New FreeBSD GNOME Devel FAQ Message-ID: <opr0ygd7v28ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1072722106.762.20.camel@gyros> References: <1072720635.762.17.camel@gyros> <opr0yfm4ci8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <1072722106.762.20.camel@gyros>
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:21:46 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 13:14, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:57:15 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke >> <marcus@FreeBSD.org> >> wrote: >> >> > Adam and I have cranked out an FAQ on tracking the GNOME Development >> > branches. Here we're including common questions and known issues. If >> > you're testing 2.5, you should definitely check it out. If you have >> > items to add to the known issues section, please let us know. Thanks. >> > >> > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html >> >> Looks good! I think, add FAQ of upgrade from 2.4.x to 2.5.x and/or new >> update of glib, gtk and pango 2.5.x is good idea. I usually do the >> 'portupgrade -rf glib-2\*' and it works very well in my case so far. How >> about someone has the different way? > > I plan on writing a script for the 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrade. There are some > gotchas that "portupgrade -rf glib-2\*" doesn't handle (e.g. libxml2, > scrollkeeper, etc., plus updating gnomevfs2 again after updating > libgnome). Very nice, thanks for your work to plan on write a script of upgrade. I think, Gnome team do really need to start to think of make the things easier to upgrade in future. Gnome isn't easy to upgrade compare to the other DEs. Cheers, Mezz > Joe > >> >> > Joe -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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